neuter postponed

at benji's last visit to the vet she had him scheduled to be neutered today but we received a call from the vet's office yesterday telling us that dr. wise (best name for a doctor!) is ill and won't be able to do any major surgeries for a while. 
*** while i was typing up this post i got a call from one of the techs at dr. wise's office telling us that the doctor is having a vet she knows come over from oakhurst to help out and that they can do the neuter monday.   we'll drop benji off monday morning and pick him up later in the afternoon when they feel he is recovered enough to come home. ***
ordinarily a neuter is a very simple and minimally invasive procedure that only takes a few minutes to perform but because benji is cryptorchid (his testicles are still in his abdomen because his body didn't produce the hormonal signal to trigger their descent to the scrotum) his neuter will involve locating the testicles and removing them through a small incision in the abdomen which makes it much more like doing a spay on a female cat and qualifies it as a "major" surgery.  
i'll probably worry about him monday but i know he'll be in capable and caring hands doing the best for him and i'm happy for that.
dr. wise is a great doctor (i wish she was my doctor) and a very neat human.  i'm grateful for the excellent care she and her staff have given benji (and zane) and wishing her a full and speedy recovery. 

the neut-to-be...still a little guy but looking more cat than kitten these days